Backyard Orchard News
A 'Lady' in the Rosemary
There she was--a gorgeous orange-and-black butterfly sipping nectar from a rosemary bush near the...
A West Coast Lady, Vanessa annabella, sips nectar Feb. 11 on rosemary near the Glen Cove Marina, Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a West Coast Lady, Vanessa annabella, on rosemary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bees Are Back Pollinating the Almonds
It's almond pollination season in California but the weather refuses to cooperate. Heavy rains,...
A honey bee foraging on a feral almond tree today (Feb. 10) in Pleasants Valley, Vacaville.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pollen-packing honey bee heads for another almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Blue skies, almonds blooming, bees buzzing--and all's right with the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Want to Bee-Come a Beekeeper?
Thinking about bee-coming a beekeeper? Or thinking about a Valentine's Day gift for your...
Extension apiculturist Elina Niño teaching a class at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Adults and Kids Can't Wait for UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Feb. 18
Excitement is building for the sixth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. The family friendly,...
This Peruvian walking stick will be among the featured insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis graduate student and nematologist Corwin Parker looks through a microscope while a young visitor does the same. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Early visitors to the Sciences Lab Building to see the Center for Plant Diversity and the Nematode Collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gathering of Lepidopterists: Who's Who of the Butterfly, Moth Experts
It was a gathering of lepidopterists. A veritable Who's Who of lepidopterists. Some 25...
Essig Museum associate Kelly Richers works on underwing moths at the gathering of lepitopderists at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jerry Powell (seated at microscope) of Berkeley talks to colleagues. From left are entomologist Max Klepikov of Berkeley; distinguished professor Don Strong of tje UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology and UC Davis graduate student Eric Lopresti. Kleipkov holds a doctorate in entomology from his native Russia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Physician Val Albu (left) of Fresno confers with entomologist Jerry Powell, emeritus director of the Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley. At far right is Chris Lay, manager of UC Santa Cruz's Natural History Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Rick Kelson, who directs the butterfly habitat at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, looks over specimens with Shanda Witham, associate curator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Conferring are Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist at the Bohart Museum, Jeff Smith,curator of the Bohart's butterfly and moth specimens, and Marc Epstein, senior biosystematist for the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum and Essig Museum associate Bill Patterson opens a drawer at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)